The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-09-23

NhSNh .'1iL
mnnities of the East to-day are found
scores OF men who are struggling for a
mere pittance-a bare l~igiag-and who,
although they are %throughly dissatisfied
with their lot and long to go West, have
not the nerve to shake off the imaginary
ties that bind them and pull out for fresh
er and greener fields. That's where they
miss It. They think each year that "if
times are no better next year l will go
West'-but still they do not start.
Why? Simply because they have not
the stami VI to pull out Of the old ruts
and grooves that they have run in since
childhood. Foolish men. A years res
idence in the West--in Dakota especially
would cure all such notions andmake p
better man OF each and every one Of
them than they ever had before thought
possible. pahota is peopled to-day by
hundreds upon hundreds-yes. thousands
upon thousards-of successful men whose
chief regret every day of their lives is
that they did not pull out from the moss
grown East sooner, and for every man
that can be found who has not hettsred
himself by going to Dakota there can be
found n hundred who have made more
money in Dakota in one year than they
ever made in the East in three. This
applies to all classes of business. There
will never again be the same opportunity
presented to the struggling man in the
Iaat as Dakota offers at this time.
There are fewer discouragements and
less hin6rances in this country than
Were ever in any new country under the
sun, for here the railroads have come in
advance of settlements, and all the com
forts of life are found at your very doors
if you want them. Land is very cheap
il you want land-dirt cheaa-cheuper
than it will ever be again as long az the
sun shines. Why? Well, there is more
land than money. More land thsn any
thing else. . Millions upon millions of i.
just US the herds Of huffalocs left it.
Why, ma alive, you fellow who is read
'"S H''' oNSa ~ 9oai tNstcih aDluiHB
place, core out and look at it. Imagine
if you can a country larger than Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New
York combined. Nearly every acre of it
comparatively spcaking--ft for cult
yaticn and peoplcd by a less number Of
inhabitants than are confined within the
city of Chicago, and you will readily see
that in Dakota there is plenty of room to
swing a cat. Land is not only cheap be-
cause there is so much OF it, but in every
community than are those who want to
sell out; who ere as restless as an Indian
and generally follow close on his foot
steps; that will never stop this side of the
setting sun. This gives the incoming
setter an opportunity of securing lands
at q triiling cost, and that, too, in a
thickly settled district. If farminyis not
desired a inau with ordinary business ga
gacity Can ind Il good business opening
Dakota without much difficulty on wait.
ing. 1t requires, however, as much
shrewdneas ard enterprise to conduct
business to a success as any where in the
world. But the mar who gets the first
start has by force OF circumstances q
much better chance than those who fol-
lo~ him. Dakota has produced better
crops this ~year-rnude a better record
than any state or territory in the West.
Al must admit that. The figures in the
agricultural department at Washington
prove it. The failure of crops in most
OF the Eastern states together with the
hard times which have prevailed
throughout tho East for years will swell
the tide of Imagination to Dakota next
sptingIn a manner which will astouish the
world, and all kinds Of property will go
up IN value with q rush. The time to
come is now. And when you come if
you can find a likclier section than Brule
county and a ~livelicr, more enterpriseing
and better business town Than Kimball
you will do something no one has done
yet.